AUTHOR

Deborah Rudacille

Location: CityLit Stage

2017 Guggenheim Fellow Deborah Rudacille is a science writer and Professor of the Practice at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). She is the author of three books, including "ROOTS OF STEEL: Boom and Bust in an American Mill Town," a worker’s history of the Sparrows Point steelworks in Baltimore County. Her current project, funded by the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, is titled "The Family Disease: Alcoholism, Addiction and Inheritance.” This work continues her legacy of writing about scientific topics for broad public audiences in a way that is engaging, nuanced, and resonates with her readers.